Pakistan says Pearl killer picked up

Sept. 17 —

"...One of the al-Qaida militants arrested with alleged Sept. 11 organizer Ramzi Binalshibh has been identified as one of the killers of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, quoting a senior Pakistani police official.

...According to the official, the Pakistani, Fazal Karim, was taken to an intelligence agency safe house where 10 suspects, including Binalshibh, were held. Most of them were Yemenis, officials have said.The official refused to identify the alleged Pearl killer by name but said he was not among the five people, including Binalshibh, who were handed over to U.S. authorities Monday and flown out of the country.

...It was unclear what impact the revelation would have on the government’s case against four Pakistani militants who were convicted of Pearl’s abduction in July. British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to death by hanging and the others received life sentences. All have appealed.
Pearl’s body was found after the trial of the four had already begun. The government has never charged Karim nor the two others nor officially confirmed they are being held..."